Windshield attachment for automobiles



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HENRY HIGGIN, 0F NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR T0 THE HGGIN MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, 0F NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATEON 0F WEST VIRGINIA.

WINDSHIELD ATTACHMENT FORv ATOMOBILES.

Application tiled November 19, 1921. Serial No. 516,295.

To all whom it may concem.'

Be it known that I, HENRY HIGGIN, a citi'-` zen of the United States, and a resident off,v

Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentuc have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Windshield Attachments for Automobiles, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompan ing drawings, forming part of this speci cation.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, eiiective and durable hinge coupling for the attachment and support of lare shields or Visors in use on automobiles.

hese glare shields of opaque material are usually hinged to the front portion of the automobile top to serve as an overhan or extension of the top to shield the eyes o the driver from unnecessar glare.

The visors are usua y supported at the sides by brackets or arms attached to the wind-shield side standards, and provision is made for adjustin and locking the supporting arms to hold t e visor in any position of slant desired. 4

It is the object of m present invention to provide a hinge coup ing for this puipose which can be readily and easily7 adjuste and securely locked without liabi ity of becoming loose and rattling under the ,jars to which the visor is constantly exposed and in which the side arms may be securely clamped to the side supports of the varying widths of wind-shields without the necessity of a s ecial construction or s cial size or form or each design of car,w ereby the attachment ldevice may be manufactured and sold as a stock proposition for any make of car.

My invention consists, therefore, in that certain novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter particularly ointed out and" claimed, in which the o jects above set forth are attained.

ln the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front portion of an automobile with my invention in use.

Fi re 2 is a lan view of the swivel joint and c amp attac ment for the wind-shield.

Figure 3 is a rspective view of the attachment device etached from the shield.

Figure a is a detail view of the swivel joint.

The glare guard 1 is shown in Figure 1 as hinged at 2, 2, to the front of the top 3 ot an automobile. For supporting the guard l provide the side rods 4, 4, which are swiveled to the clamps 5, 5, for attachment to the side standards 6, 6, of the wind-:hield ln order that the clamps may be made to fit for varying widths of wind-shield I give each supporting rod a bend 7, which permits turning of the rod to bring the two clamps nearer or farther apart to accommodate them to variations in width of the windshield. 'llhe rod is hinged to the glare guard by a coupling 8, which is provided with a screwthreaded socket to receive the threaded end of the rod and a lock nut 9 is also provided to lock the rod in the desired positions. The clamp for securing the rod to the wind-shield standard on each side comprises two members 10 and 11, each formed with a suitable ll-sha ed or other bend 12 and 13 to embrace the slhield standard. Each clamp member is provided with a dat base 15, 16 extending laterally ormin a rigid support for the clamp members an they are securely clamped in engagement with the su port by the screws 14. A

he base lates of the clamp members are securely locled together by the swivel screw 17, which engages through re istering slotted openings in the base plates, t e Darts being locked together by the nut 18 and the slots being provided to allow adjustment of the clamp members.

The head 19 of theswivel screw 17 is provided with a transverse circular opening of a diameter to receive the rod 4, this openin being half on the Harige 2O of the head, an a separate cap 21 lits on the head 19 as a clamp Washer.

' This ca is provided with grooves 22 of a depth lto c amp around the rod. As the nut 18 is tightened, therefore, the rod will be tightly clamped and locked to the swivel by the en agement of the grooves 22 around the rod. he screw and nut, therefore, serve both to secure together the clamp plates and to lock the rod in any desired position. Moreover, the swivel screw and its parts are of sulicient sizeto insure against working loose and rattling, while the mere loosening of the nut 18 allows for any desired adjustment of the an le of the visor.

Having thus escribed my invention, what MES I claim as new and desire to secure by Letl. In a lare guardl attachment, the combination o a rod and a clamp, the clamp comprising clamp members, with means for clampin `the same on a support, a bolt and nut carried by the clamp, the bolt having a transverse o ening` for the passage of the rod, and a c am washer on the bolt to ene the rod to ook the vsame when the nut 1s tightened, a coupling for the rod to theglare guard to permit ngitudinal rotation of the rod, with the rod provided with a longitudinal bend to pernut of lateral adjustment of the clamp. I

means 2. In a lare guard attachment, the combination o a rod and a clamp, the clamp comprlsing clamp members, with laterally extending flat slotted base portions, slidable on each other for adjustment of the clamp, and a nut and bolt for 4securin Ithe clamp members together, the bolt having a transversevopening for the passage of the rodand a clamp washer thereon to engage the rod to loc-k the same when the nut is tightened, a coupling for the rod to the glare guard to permit longitudinal rotation of the rod, the rod having a longitudinal bend to permit of lateral adjustment of the clamp.

HIGGIN. 

